Hacking the Human - Social Engineering Techniques and Security Countermeasures

List of contents

Contents: Introduction; Part One The Risks: What is social engineering?; Understanding your risks; People, your weakest link; Limitations to current security thinking. Part Two Understanding Human Vulnerabilities: Trust me; Reading a person; Subconscious mind; Parent, Adult, Child. Part Three Countermeasures: Vulnerability mapping; Protection systems; Awareness and Training; Testing. Index.

Summary

Ian Mann turns the black art of social engineering into an information security risk that can be understood, measured and managed effectively. The text highlights the main sources of risk from social engineering and draws on psychological models to explain the basis for human vulnerabilities.

Product details

• Authors: Mann, Ian Mann
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9780815389385
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-8938-5
• No. of pages: 266
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Corporate crime, Corporate crime / white-collar crime